Snowday in LA

Question 1

Polar Bear Club

Answer 1

Build

1. ) Scarf Honeybear, hatch rocks
2. ) Fill bear w/ batch from Slushy Machine
3. ) Place on pebble ice in hatch rocks
4. ) Garnish: Pineapple Frond

Riff: pina colada

Batch

Cachaca, aquavit, plantation 3 Star light rum, Giffard banana liqueur, Clemente Mahina Coconut, coco Lopez, lime jc., pineapple jc.

Question 2

Dark and Snowy

Answer 2

Build

• Chilled milk bottle
• 3.5 oz Sake horchata batch
• TOP: pebbled ice
• FLOAT: 1 oz Dark n Snowy batch
• Garnish: Serving board, Ground nutmeg, two chocolate chip cookies.

Riff: Dark n Stormy meets Horchata

Batches

• Sake horchata: almond milk, sake, tonka bean syrup
• Dark n Snowy Batch: .5 oz Cruzan blackstrap, .5 oz Frenet Mente

Question 3

Rum Rum Rudolph

Answer 3

Build

• Chilled flower glass

2 dashes angostura
.25 oz lemon jc
.5 oz spiced apple cordial
.5 oz lustau palo cortado 
1 oz brown buttered rum batch

• SWIZZLE 3/4 pebble ice
• TOP: Pebble ice
• Garnish: 2 smoked sage; pressed ice bowl: lemon zest, cranberries, pomegranates, blackberry; DUST: powdered sugar.

Riff: Sherry cobbler

Question 4

Partridge in a Pear Tree

Answer 4

Build

• Shaker Tin, Chilled Bird

4 dashes cardamom bitters
.5 oz lime jc.
1 oz Dons X-Mas
2oz Partridge batch

• FULL SHAKE w/ Kold Draft.
• STRAIN into bird
• GARNISH: baby’s breath, long pattern trimmed grapefruit peel, long arched skewer, mint

Riff: Tequila Punch

Batches

• Partridge Batch: tequila reposado, St George Pear Brandy, amantiallado sherry
• Don’s X-Mas Mix: cinnamon syrup, grapefruit juice, celery juice

Question 5

Grinch Don’t Kill my Vibe

Answer 5

Build

• Shaker Tin, Holiday Rocks Glass

Barspoon matcha powder
.5 oz vanilla ss 
.75 oz lemon jc
.75 oz egg white
2 oz batch don’t kill

• DRY SHAKE 10 sec.
• ADD KOLD DRAFT & FULL SHAKE
• STRAIN into rocks w/ Kold Draft.
• GARNISH: Lemon Twist and Cherry skewer

Riff: Amaretto Sour

Batch

Grinch Batch: 1 oz cargo amaretto, 1 oz bols genever

Question 6

Tokyo Ho-Ho

Answer 6

Build

• Mixing Glass and Salt-dusted ornament/box with pine stalks

4 Dashes Absinthe
.5 oz lime
.5 oz celery
.75 oz plum grenadine
2 oz Tokyo Batch

• STIR 25-30 seconds
• STRAIN into ornament

Batch

Roku Gin, Lemorton calvados

Question 7

Frostbite

Answer 7

Build

Nick and Nora & Mixing Glass

BARSPOON Menthe de Pastille

2.5 oz Frostbite Batch

STIR & STRAIN

GARNISH 8 drops peppermint oil & peppermint skewer mint.

Frostbite Batch

Pisco
Gin
Mezcal
Green Chartreuse
Crème de cacao

Question 8

Bad Krampus

Answer 8

Build

Nick and Nora & Mixing Glass

4 dashes Angostura
BARSPOON Maple
2.5 oz Krampus Batch

STIR & STRAIN

Orange Devil Ear Garnish

Absinthe Flame table side
(atomizer and torch)

Batch

Bourbon
Becherovka (Czech Amaro)
Avua Amburana
Vermouth Routin Rouge